What does “Totting Up” mean for UK motorists? As a specialist traffic lawyer of over 10 years, it has always fallen on me to explain at length exactly what “Totting up” (TT99) means, how it might come about and how a ban can be avoided. There are certain phrases and terminologies that are readily thrown…
Taxi law experts Howards Solicitors are warning taxi drivers not to take the law into their own hands, even if they believe they are being provoked, after a new landmark ruling. The case of Eve Lamb v Equity Red Star has set a new precedent for the duty of care demanded of taxi drivers towards…
The drugalyser could make a disastrous start to combating irresponsible and dangerous driving unless key issues are sorted out right now, claims specialist motoring lawyer Oliver Gardner. The drugalysers, arriving in police stations this month, are expected to significantly ratchet up pressure on motorists who drive under the influence of drugs. In 2008 only 253…
MOTORING lawyer Oliver Gardner is urging drivers that are thinking of letting others taking the rap to avoid points on their licences to think again. The emerging allegations that Chris Huhne, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, had asked someone else to take the blame for a driving offence, back in 2003, to avoid points on…
New government proposals by the transport secretary mark a very dangerous development for the role of the courts in protecting citizens’ rights in motoring law cases.
